A 22-year-old Missouri State University student, Zachary Alperin, is charged with raping a woman after a #MeToo rally in Springfield, Missouri, over the weekend. Court papers say the alleged rape happened in her room on campus. Greene County jail

A 22-year-old Missouri State University student, Zachary Alperin, is charged with raping a woman after a #MeToo rally in Springfield, Missouri, over the weekend. Court papers say the alleged rape happened in her room on campus. Greene County jail

A Missouri State University student has been charged with raping a woman hours after she attended a #MeToo rally in Springfield, Missouri, over the weekend.

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She said she woke up, and Alperin, who is 22, was on top of her naked, according to the News-Leader.

“The woman alleged that Alperin performed sex acts on her and she pushed him away,” the newspaper reported.

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Before the rally, held in Park Central Square in downtown Springfield on Saturday, organizer Jordan Harris told the News-Leader the event was being planned before charges of sexual abuse were leveled at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.